Using Microsoft OneNote for Computer Lab Management
Microsoft OneNote 2007 is a tool for note taking, information gathering and multi-user collaboration. It has support for multiple notebooks, tables, hyper-links, server hosted shared notebooks, search functions and drawing tools. It also links with Microsoft Outlook with its contacts, tasks and calendar items. See how you can use all of these features and many more to manage your computer labs and the people involved with that process. OneNote offers a real-time sync function that can be used as a “blog” to communicate with staff. Even audio and video files can be managed within OneNote, allowing for multimedia training, photo and video inventory or even some voice mail integration. Using the Task and Priority functions, focus can be made on ideas and those common “To Do” items that need closer attention. With all of these features and more, it may be that “killer app” you are looking for to manage your computer labs.
Mike Hertel
South Central College
Mike Hertel joined South Central College in 2000. He now has the position of Computer Lab Manager at South Central College after having been the Desktop and Workstation Support Manager for the past seven years. He serves on the Information Security committee at the college and was nominated for a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities ITS Excellence Award in 2006 for the Microsoft Migration and IP Telephony Project at South Central College. He worked as an Information Technology and Network Specialist for a prominent Computer Business Solutions company in southern Minnesota for twenty years, prior to joining South Central College. He has an associate degree from Saint Cloud State University and is a Certified Citrix Administrator.
